Car-stake.



Nq. 885,643. PATBNTBD APR. 21,1908'. F. PARENT.

GAR STAKE.

APPLIUATION FILED sEPT.2o.19o7.

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CAR-STARE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 21, 1908.

Application filed September 20, 1907. Serial No. 393,845.

To all whom it may' concern? Be it known that I, FRANCIS PARENT, a citizen of the United States, residin at the in the county o? Clearwater and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Car-Stakes, of which the following is a specification. his invention relates'to stakes or standards for logging sleighs, cars and other vehicles used for the transportation of logs and lumber; the object being to provide a stake or standard which may be firmly secured in an upright position for the purpose of retaining the load, and which may be of the way in order to enable the vehicle to be unloaded.

Further objects `of the invention are to simplify and improve the construction and operation of this class of devices.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and no-vel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a sim le and preferredl form of the invention; it eing, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the recise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the sco-pe of the invention may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a sill or cross-bar equipped with the improved stakes or standards. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3. is an elevation of one end of the sill showing the standard connected therewith moved out of the way to an unloading position. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional detail view taken on the plane indicated by the line 4 4 in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view taken on the plane indicated by the line 55 in Fig. 4.'

Corresponding arts in the several iigures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The sill 1, which is one of a plurality of sills or bolsters of a sleigh, car or other vehicle, is provided at the ends thereof with mortises or notches 2 which are protected and reinforced by cap plates C having vertical iianges 3 and horizontally disposed top ianges 4 Vsaid caps bein preferably constructed of cast iron or ot er metal.

The improved stakes are composed of the I,ilanges 3 of the caps. f pivoted upon the uprlghts uprights A, the braces B and the links L. The uprights A are provided near their lower ends with notches 5 pivotally engaging the pins 6 which extend transversely through the sills or bolsters 1 and through the vertical The links L are A, near the upper ends of the latter, and the free ends of said links are pivotally connected with the braces B which latter are bifurcated, as will be clearly seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the limbs 7 of said bifurcated braces being provided near their lower ends with flanged rollers or disks 8 engaging vertical grooves or sockets 9 formed in the vertical flanges of the caps where they are secured by means ofA locking pins or keys 10 which are inserted between the caps and the ends of the sill or bolster.

The uprights A are provided near their upper ends with shoulders or oifsets 11 adapted to be engaged by notches 12in the links L; when the links are in this position they may be locked or held securely by means of hooks 13 pivotally connected with the uprights and engaging pins14 that extend laterally from the links, and the latter will then serve to retain the braces B in the inclined position illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, when they will support the uprights A in the approximately vertical position shown. When the hooks 13 are disengaged from the pins 14, the links L may be swung outward and upward, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, thus permitting the braces as well as the uprights to swing outward and downward to the position illustrated in Fig. 3, the uprights swinging between the limbs or side members of the bifurcated braces, so that the latter may swing' to the out of the way position indicated. This change may be brought about in a moments time, by'simply disengaging the hooks 13 from the pins 14, and the logs or sticks of lumber may then be readily rolled 0E the sills. or bolsters of the vehicle upon which they have been loaded.

The uprights A and the braces B have been shown equipped with links designated respectively 15 and 16 for the attachment of phans or other means used for securing the The improved stake or standard is simple in construction and eiiicient in operation, and it may be readily attached or applied to the sills or bolsters of sleighs or vehicles of present construction. @i

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A stake or standard of the character described, comprising an upright, a link connected pivotally therewith, and brace connected pivotally with the link.

2. A stake or standard of the character described, comprising an upright having a hook, a link connected pivotally with said upright and having a laterally extending pin, and a bifurcated brace connected pivotally with the link.

3. A stake or standard of the character described, comprising an upright having a shoulder or offset, a link pivoted upon the upright and having a notch adapted for engagement with the shoulder or offset, and a biurcated brace connected pivotally with the link.

4. A stake or standard of the character described, comprising an upright, a link connected pivotally therewith, a bifurcated brace connected pivotally with the link, and means for securing` the link in position with relation to the upright.

5. In a device oi' the character described, a sill or bolster having a inortise, a cap secured abifurcated flanged rollers engaging the upon the mortised end oi the sill and having vertical grooves or sockets, an upright pivoted upon a pin extending through the'sill and the cap, a bifurcated brace having grooves or sockets oi' the cap, and a link connecting the biureated brace with the upright.

6. A s ill having a mortise, a cap secured upon the inortised end of the sill and having vertical and horizontal flanges and provided with grooves or sockets in the vertical flanges, an upright pivoted upon a pin extending through the sill and through the vertical flanges oi' the cap, a bifureated brace provided with i'langed rollers engaging the sockets in the cap, keys inserted between the horizontal lianges of the cap and the sill to secure the iianged rollers against displace- A ment, and a link connecting the bifurcaled bracket with the upright.

In testimony whereof l allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS PARENT.

itnesses: Y

l. A. l\lcGL ENN L N, WM. A MCGLENNON. 

